Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Specific words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and the Messenger of Allah that Grant Divine Authority to Everyone of the Imams (a.s.)
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Salih ibn al-Sindi from Ja’far ibn Bashir from Harun ibn Kharija that Abu Basir who has said the following: “Once I was with Abu Ja’far (a.s.) at a session, when a man asked him, ’Please speak to me about the wilaya (divine
The Specific words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and the Messenger of Allah that Grant Divine Authority to Everyone of the Imams (a.s.)
6. Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, the two together from Muhammad ibn Isma’il ibn Bazi’ from Mansur ibn Yunus that Abu aI-Jarud said: “I heard Abu Ja’far (a.s.) say: Allah, to Whom belongs Might and Majesty, made five th
Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn abu Hamza who has said the following. “(Imam) abu al-Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.) has said, ‘When a true believer dies the angels and the parts of earth where he worshipp
The Specific words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High and the Messenger of Allah that Grant Divine Authority to Everyone of the Imams (a.s.)
7- Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Muhammad ibn 'Isa, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Sabāh al-Azraq, said: I said to Abu Ja'far al-Baqir (as): "A man from the Mukhtariyyah met me and claimed that Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah is an Imam." Abu Ja'far
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Mansur ibn Yunus from Zayd ibn al-Jahm al-Hilali who has said that heard Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say the following. “When Wilaya (Divine Authority over the people) of 'Ali ibn Abu T
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from Muhammad ibn Fudayl from abu Hamza al-Thumali who has said that he heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.) say the following. “When Muhammad (s.a.) completed his task o
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
3. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn and others have narrated from Sahl from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa and Muhammad ibn Yahya and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn all of them from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Isma‘il ibn Jabur and ‘Abd Al-Karim ibn ‘Amr from ‘Abd Al-Hamid ibn abu al--Daylam f
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Salih ibn al-Sindi from Ja‘far ibn Bashir from Yahya ibn Ma‘mar al-‘Attar from Bashir al-Dahhan from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “the Messenger of Allah during the illness from which die
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
5. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from Mansur ibn Yunus from abu Bakr al-Hadrami from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “the Messenger of Allah made Ali (a.s.) learn a thousand letters of wh
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
6. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from au ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “In the hilt of the sword of the the Messenger of Allah there was a small booklet.”
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
7. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Fudayl (ibn) Sukkarah who has said that he said to abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) the following. “‘May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, is there a certain quantitiyof wat
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn abu Hamza from ibn abu Sa‘id from Aban ibn Taghlib from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “When the Messenger of Allah w
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after the Messenger of Allah
9. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Muhammad ibn al-Walid, Shabab al-Sayrafi fromYunus ibn Ribat who has said that once he and Kamil al-Tammar went to see abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.). Kamil said to the Imam (a.s.), “‘May Allah take my soul in s
Chapter on the Loss of a Scholar
4. From him (Muhammad ibn Yahya) from Ahmad from ibn Mahbub from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Sulayman ibn Khalid that Abu ‘Abdillah (as) said, "Of the deaths of the believers that Satan loves most, is the death of a Faqih (a knowledgable person of islamic laws)
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamani and ‘Umar ibn ’Udhayna from Sulaym ibn Qays who has said the following. “I witnessed Amir al-Mu’minin Ali’s (a.s.) will made before me in which he appointed
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from 'Abd al-Samad ibn Bashir from Abu al-Jarud from Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following: “When Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) was about to leave this world, he called his son, al-Hasan (a.
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
3. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘Amayra from Abu Bakr al-Hadrami who has said that al-Ajlah, Salamah ibn Kuhayl, Dawud ibn Abu Yazid and Zayd al-Yamami all narrated from Shahr ibn Hawshab who
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
4. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf from Abu Bakr from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When Ali (a.s.) was about to leave for Kufa he left in ’Umm Salama’s trust his books and his will. When al-Hasan (a.s.) ret
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
5. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Amr ibn Shemr from Jabir from Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) made his directive will to al-Hassan (a
Tacit and Explicit Testimony as proof of al-Hassan ibn Ali’s (a.s.) Divine Authority over the people after Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
6. Al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Hassani has narrated in a Marfu‘ manner, rafa‘ahu, and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Ahmari has narrated in a marfu‘ manner, (rafa‘ahu) the following: “When Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) was injured the visitors c